[ltp] Re: Linux-Thinkpad digest, Vol 1 #632 - 27 msgs

[Ken Firestone]

On Fri, 1 Oct 2004, morpheus wrote:

   Just to put your mind at ease, I'm a pilot so I watch this issue
   closely, of course.  Several studies have been done to see if electronic
   devices, including cell phones, are a danger to aircraft.  All studies
   have shown that there is no danger to modern aircraft.  There is a
   theoretical possibility of interference to avionics menufactured before
   the mid-1970s, when the standards for interference were upgraded.

   Your GPS, PDA, laptop and even 802.11, bluetooth and cell phones pose
   absolutely no danger to an aircraft.  Airlines who frown on their use do
   not do so for safety reasons.

There is however a good reason NOT to use a cell phone in a
plane. From 30,000 feet how many hundreds of cells will you contact?
And this could interfere with the network, especially if a number of
people do it at once, and overload a bunch of cells.


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